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Careers
Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
​Articles on job searching, building a career, and more
Careers Occupational Outlook
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​ Careers - is designed to provide need-to-know information on the various careers that students can choose from. This reference text offers interested students valuable direction on different career paths, each with their own separate chapter. Each chapter features details on employment prospects, expected earnings, necessary education and training, applicable skills, and likelihood of advancement. Merging scholarship with occupational development, this resource provides necessary insight into potential careers, and provides instruction on what job seekers can expect in terms of training, advancement, earnings, job prospects, working conditions, relevant associations, and more.
​Bureau of labor statistics
​The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision making. As an independent statistical agency, BLS serves its diverse user communities by providing products and services that are accurate, objective, relevant, timely, and accessible.
Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism
​Articles on the hospitality and tourism fields, plus travel guides and more
​How I Built this with Alli Webb of Drybar
​A decade ago, full-time mom Alli Webb noticed a gap in the beauty market: there was no place that just focused on blow-drying hair. Now with more than 100 locations, Drybar is testament to Webb's motto: Focus on one thing and be the best at it.
​How I Built this with Bobbi Brown
​Bobbi Brown started out as a makeup artist in New York City, but hated the gaudy color palette of the 1980s. She eventually shook up the industry by introducing "nude makeup" with neutral colors and a natural tone. In 1995, Est e Lauder acquired Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and Bobbi remained there for 22 years, until she realized the brand was no longer the one she had built.
How I Built this with Emily Weiss of Glossier
​In 2010, while working as a fashion assistant at Vogue, Emily Weiss started a beauty blog called Into The Gloss. She quickly attracted a following of devoted readers hooked on the blog's intimate snapshots of style makers' beauty routines. Within a few years, Emily realized her readers were hungry for a new beauty brand, one that listened to them directly, and understood their lives. Without any prior business experience, she won over investors and found the perfect chemist to create Glossier, a line of beauty and skincare products with a focus on simplicity. Today, just four years after launch, Glossier is valued at an estimated $400 million.
How I Built this with Lisa Price of Carol's DaughterLisa Price worked in television but had a passion for beauty products. At her mother's suggestion, she began selling her homemade moisturizer at a church flea market. Twenty years later, Carol's Daughter is one of the leading beauty brands catering to African-American women.
How I Built this with Lisa Price of Carol's Daughter part 2When Lisa sat down with Guy Raz in October 2018, she described how her business expanded well beyond her Brooklyn kitchen. As it grew, she decided "not to sit at the head of the table," and deferred to the experts. She later came to regret that.
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